Athena had their food too; very important. Raylan wasn't sure if Athena had seen the headstones, but it was too macabre for him to warn her about now. He was more concerned with getting them in and getting those lights on.
That effort was stopped short once he'd kicked on the first few, finding himself with another Bard Barnacle that he embraced with a soft smile as Athena tucks herself against his shoulder. He wasn't sure how she was going to find the place. He wanted to see it through her eyes; eyes that hadn't seen Arlo screaming and ranting back and forth, eyes that hadn't seen the blood splatters that had long been covered up and painted over.
If walls could talk.. He'd burn this place down.
Instead, he squeezed her shoulders softly and huffed half a laugh. "If you wanna see me when I was about nine or ten, there's a picture on the nook between the kitchen and the dining room. Which is where we oughta head. Dunno about you but I'm hungry."
It was easier, somehow, to slip back into what he oughta be which was totally fine, with her here. She was someone to keep that face up for and despite them only having been here a few minutes, he already felt a little lighter in here. Squeezing her shoulders again, he stepped forwards and away from her, unloading onto the aforementioned dining room table.
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That effort was stopped short once he'd kicked on the first few, finding himself with another Bard Barnacle that he embraced with a soft smile as Athena tucks herself against his shoulder. He wasn't sure how she was going to find the place. He wanted to see it through her eyes; eyes that hadn't seen Arlo screaming and ranting back and forth, eyes that hadn't seen the blood splatters that had long been covered up and painted over.
If walls could talk.. He'd burn this place down.
Instead, he squeezed her shoulders softly and huffed half a laugh. "If you wanna see me when I was about nine or ten, there's a picture on the nook between the kitchen and the dining room. Which is where we oughta head. Dunno about you but I'm hungry."
It was easier, somehow, to slip back into what he oughta be which was totally fine, with her here. She was someone to keep that face up for and despite them only having been here a few minutes, he already felt a little lighter in here. Squeezing her shoulders again, he stepped forwards and away from her, unloading onto the aforementioned dining room table.